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First Doses of Moderna s COVID-19 Vaccine Arrive in Ohio
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The first shipments of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine are arriving in Ohio Monday.
Distribution is now underway for a 201,000 dose allocation of the company s mRNA vaccine which will help Ohio immunize emergency medical personnel and health care workers. Some of the state’s 113 local health departments will receive their first Moderna shipments Monday and Tuesday.
Officials said 70% of the doses were headed for hospitals to continue vaccinating frontline staff, a process that began a week ago with the first doses of Pfizer’s vaccine, while the remaining 30% were for health departments to vaccinate paramedics. The other tier 1A priority group, long-term care facility residents and staff, will have access to the Pfizer doses allocated to Ohio in the coming 3-4 weeks.
City of Toledo creates COVID-19 vaccine coalition to make accurate information available to the public
Mayor Kapszukiewicz is hoping that with the vaccine, things will get back to normal by summer; normal being no masks and no social distancing. Author: WTOL Newsroom Updated: 12:11 PM EST December 22, 2020
TOLEDO, Ohio The city of Toledo announced Tuesday it is forming a coalition in order to spread accurate information to the public about the COVID-19 vaccine.
The coalition is called Project V, meaning Victory Through Vaccination.
The coalition is made up of local organizations such as the Toledo Lucas County Health Department and the Neighborhood Health Association.
City of Toledo creates COVID-19 coalition to inform residents and encourage vaccinations
Mayor Kapszukiewicz is hoping that with the vaccine, things will get back to normal by summer with no masks and no social distancing. Author: Caylee Kirby (WTOL) Updated: 6:02 PM EST December 22, 2020
TOLEDO, Ohio The City of Toledo announced plans for a collaborative push to get the as many people in the community as possible vaccinated for COVID-19.
It s called Project V.
Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz was part of the news conference announcing Project V. Kapszukiewicz says the goal with the initiative is to get 70% of the people in Toledo and Lucas County vaccinated to achieve herd immunity.
The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department is expecting another 2,700 doses of the vaccine. Author: Amy Steigerwald Updated: 6:53 PM EST December 18, 2020
TOLEDO, Ohio More opportunities for first responders to receive the COVID-19 vaccine are on the way to northwest Ohio, as 2,700 doses are expected to arrive at the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department next week.
From there, health officials said the process will begin to pick up.
“The faucet will open up faster come January 1, and we should start seeing doses pile into the community,” Toledo-Lucas County Health Commissioner Dr. Eric Zgodzinski said.
Zgodsinski compared the process moving forward to the rollout of the H1N1 vaccine, estimating it will take around 30-45 days for the process to become more fluid.